Awujale’s Burial

1. The Desecration of Tradition “Why should I bother myself with what is done to my body when I die? Oyomesi knows what to do with my body!”That was the blunt response I got from the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, during a conversation in his palace just weeks before he passed….

The International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR) has declared its intention to institute legal action against the Ogun State Government and the family of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, over what it described as a violation of traditional burial rites required for a Yoruba monarch. Oba Adetona, who passed away on…